Innergie and Green Plug join forces to make the mCube90G

Innergie, perhaps best known for their small power adapters, has recently announced that they will be marketing a newer, greener power adapter by joining forces with Green Plug. Now, Green Plug has made something called Greentalk which is a sort of protocol between the power socket and the device requiring the energy. This protocol is designed to withdraw only the required amount, so it won’t be wasting a lot of energy.

Coming in CES 2009, Innergie will have their mCube90G on display for the public to see its unique features. A cool feature is here that it comes with a detachable part that can be used to charge electronics within a car or airplane. In addition, the main part of the device is capable to “power virtually any electronic product, dynamically matching each device’s power need”.

P.S. Tang, Senior Director of Innergie, had this to say about their latest product and Greentalk:

“Innergie was attracted to Green Plug because the open systems power interface provides for connectivity to an unlimited range of consumer electronics products. In the future, when more CE products adopt the royalty-free open systems power interface, powering these devices will be much more convenient thanks to Greentalk, the digital collaboration power protocol. Greentalk also enables innovative power companies like Innergie to build new power applications that are not possible without the ability of CE products to collaborate with power adapters. We’re delighted to offer this inaugural implementation of Greentalk technology and to showcase the mCube90 powering a full range of CE devices.”

On the flipside, Frank Paniagua, Jr., CEO and founder of Green Plug, had this to say:

“Of all the universal power supplies on the market, the Innergie mCube90G is by far the most stylish and versatile. All of us at Green Plug were thrilled with Innergie’s decision to incorporate the Green Plug Universal Power ProtocolTM into its next generation product. The availability of the mCube90G is another reason for CE device makers to migrate to the free, open systems power interface for their products.”

As I’m sure you know from your own experiences, charging many of our electronic devices can often become a hassle because of the specific ways in which they require energy. With an efficient product like this one, it would make charging electronics a lot easier. In addition, Green Plug has plans to make a site that will allow the general public to choose which products they would to be most energy efficient, or as they put it, “Green Plug-enabled.” Hopefully, Green Plug will be implement their protocol in many devices making the electronics industry overall more green.

It will be interesting to see how the public likes or dislikes this product come CES. I would imagine it to be available shortly after the trade show is complete.

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